The Dubliners / discography

"The Dubliners" at Folk in the Castle Courtyard 2010

This discography gives an overview of the records released by The Dubliners , one of the most famous and influential bands in Irish folk music . In the course of their careers they released countless albums and compilations . The following overview tries to give an overview of the band's decades of work.

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IE	UK
1964	The Dubliners with Luke Kelly Transatlantic Records	-	-	Quasi-live album recorded in front of an audience in the recording studio; Alternative title: The Dubliners , In Session
1967	A Drop of the Hard Stuff Major Minor Records	-	UK5 (41 weeks) UK	Alternative title: Seven Drunken Nights
	More of the Hard Stuff Major Minor Records	-	UK8 (18 weeks) UK
1968	Drinkin '& Courtin' Major Minor Records	-	UK31 (3 weeks) UK	Alternative title: I Know My Love
	At It Again Major Minor Records	-	-	Alternative title: Seven Deadly Sins
1969	At Home with The Dubliners EMI-Columbia	-	-
1970	Revolution EMI / Columbia	-	-
1972	Double Dubliners EMI	-	-	Alternative title: Alive and Well
1973	Plain and Simple Polydor	-	-
1975	Now Polydor	-	-
1976	A Parcel of Rogues Polydor	-	-
1977	15 Years On CHYME	-	-
1979	Together Again CHYME / Polydor	-	-
1983	Prodigal Sons Polydor	-	-
1987	25 Years Celebration Polydor	-	UK43 (10 weeks) UK
1988	The Dubliner's Dublin Castle Communications	-	-
1992	30 Years A-Graying Celtic Collections	-	-
1996	Further Along Baycourt	-	-
2002	40 Years Celtic Collections	IE15 (16 weeks) IE	-
2008	Whiskey In The Jar	IE99 (1 week) IE	-

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Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IE	UK
2002	Live at the Gaiety	IE28 (5 weeks) IE	-
2006	Live at Vicar Street	IE53 (9 weeks) IE	-

More live albums

• 1965: In Concert (Transatlantic Records)
• 1966: Finnegan Wakes (Hallmark Records)
• 1969: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• 1972: Hometown (EMI / Columbia)
• 1974: Live (Polydor)
• 1977: Live at Montreux ( Intercord )
• 1982: Live in Carré, Amsterdam (Polydor)
• 1983: 21 Years On (RTE)
• 1997: Alive Alive-O
• 2009: A Time to Remember

Compilations

There are a large number of official, unofficial, and semi-official compilations. We tried to list only the official ones here.

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IE	UK
1967	The Best of the Dubliners Transatlantic Records	-	UK25 (11 weeks) UK
1978	20 Original Greatest Hits Chyme Records	IE100 (1 week) IE	-
1993	Dubliners Originals Beaumex	IE14 (127 weeks) IE	-
1997	The Definitive Transatlantic Collection	IE8 (20 weeks) IE	-
1998	Wild Rover - The Best of Digimode Entertainment	IE55 (4 weeks) IE	UK- silver UK
	At Their Best Pulse Records	IE56 (5 weeks) IE	-
1999	The best of EMI	IE69 (2 weeks) IE	-
2003	Spirit of the Irish - The Ultimate Collection Sanctuary Records	IE43 (4 weeks) IE	UK19th silver (4 weeks)UK
2004	36 great performances	IE51 (2 weeks) IE	-
	At Their Best - 27 Classic Tracks	IE66 (5 weeks) IE	-
2006	Too Late To Stop Now - The Very Best of DMG TV	IE23 (20 weeks) IE	UK54 (1 week) UK
	The Platinum Collection	IE55 (3 weeks) IE	-
2008	The Definitive Dubliners - 33 Of Their Greatest Hits	IE33 (39 weeks) IE	-
2009	The Very Best of The Dubliners Universal Music Classics & Jazz	IE16 (51 weeks) IE	UK16 silver (5 weeks)UK
2010	Essential songs	IE95 (1 week) IE	-
2011	Wild Rover - The Best Of	IE55 (8 weeks) IE	-
2012	50 Years Irish Music Licensing Ltd.	IE10 platinum (40 weeks)IE	-	Box set
2013	20 greatest hits	IE100 (1 week) IE	-
2015	The Very Best Of The Original Dubliners	IE31 (6 weeks) IE	-
	The Very Best Of (2009)	IE40 (24 weeks) IE	-
	The very best of	IE38 (46 weeks) IE	-

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More compilations

• 1968: Whiskey on a Sunday (EMI)
• 1968: The Dubliners (Major Minor)
• 1969: It's the Dubliners (Hallmark Records)
• 1971: The Patriot Game (Hallmark Records)
• 1973: With Love from ... The Dubliners (Capri Records)
• 1973: Golden Folk Songs (Polydor)
• 1975: Ballads on Tap ... ( Bellaphon Records )
• 1975: The Best of the Dubliners
• 1976: Drinking and Wenching (Music for Pleasure)
• 1977: Home, Boys, Home (Pickwick Records)
• 1977: Fifteen Years On (Chyme Records)
• 1977: The Original Dubliners (Transatlantic Records, Metronome Records)
• 1978: Anthology (Transatlantic Records)
• 1978: The Story of the Dubliners (2LP, Polydor)
• 1979: The Dubliners Collection (Chyme Records)
• 1979: Welcome (Chyme Records)
• 1980: Songs of the Dubliners (RAM Records Ireland)
• 1981: 20 Original Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Transatlantic Records)
• 1981: 18 Original Greatest Hits Volume 3 (Chyme Records)
• 1982: The Very Best of the Dubliners - 20 Fabulous Tracks (EMI)
• 1983: The Best of the Dubliners (Spot Records)
• 1987: The Collection (Castle Communications)
• 1990: Castle Masters Collection (Castle Communications)
• 1990: The Dubliners Ideal (EMI)
• 1993: Original Dubliners (1966–1969) (2xCD, EMI)
• 1996: Whiskey in the Jar (3CD box, disc)
• 1997: Essential Collection (Music for Pleasure)
• 1998: Ageless Classics - The Transatlantic Years Revisited
• 1999: Millenium Collection (2CD, Digimode Entertainment)
• 2003: The Best of the Original Dubliners (3CD, EMI)
• 2006: The Dubliners Collection (Sunday Independent)
• 2007: Ireland's Finest (Sanctuary Records)

Singles

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IE	UK
1966	Nelson's Farewell Finnegan Wakes	IE6 (2 weeks) IE	-
1967	Seven Drunken Nights A Drop of the Hard Stuff	IE1 (21 weeks) IE	UK7 (17 weeks) UK
	All for Me Grog	IE10 (12 weeks) IE	-
	Black Velvet Band A Drop of the Hard Stuff	IE4 (15 weeks) IE	UK15 (15 weeks) UK
	Maids, When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man	IE11 (2 weeks) IE	UK43 (3 weeks) UK
1968	Dirty Old Town Drinkin 'and Courtin'	IE10 (6 weeks) IE	-
1971	Hand Me Down my Bible Hometown!	IE7 (15 weeks) IE	-
	Free the People Double Dubliners	IE7 (6 weeks) IE	-
1986	On Raglan Road The Dubliner's Dublin	IE30 (1 week) IE	-
1987	The Irish Rover 25 Years Celebration	IE1 (6 weeks) IE	UK8 (8 weeks) UK	with The Pogues
	Don't Get Married 25 Years Celebration	IE24 (2 weeks) IE	-
1990	Jack's Heroes / Whiskey In The Jar Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah	IE4 (9 weeks) IE	UK63 silver (2 weeks)UK	with The Pogues
1991	The Rose 30 Years A-Gray	IE2 (4 weeks) IE	-	with Hothouse Flowers
1994	Red Roses for Me Flying Blind	IE13 (3 weeks) IE	-	with Niamh Kavanagh
2008	The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew Single	IE1 (11 weeks) IE	-	with U2 , Kila and A Band Of Bowsies
2012	The Rocky Road to Poland single	IE1 (7 weeks) IE	-	with Bressie and Damien Dempsey
2013	The auld triangle	IE80 (1 week) IE	-	with Luke Kelly

More singles

• 1965: In Person (with Ronnie Drew )
• 1966: Surrounded by Water
• 1967: All for Me Grog
• 1969: Molly Maguires
• 1971: Hand Me Down My Bible
• 1996: Working Man

Video albums

• 2002: Live from the Gaiety (40 Years Celebration Concert)
• 2006: Live at Vicar Street
• 2012: 50 Years - Celebration Concert in Dublin

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	irishcharts.ie
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	-	-	380,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	-	platinum1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Charts IE Charts UK

Web links

• The Dubliners at Discogs (English)